Photography © 2015 by Brent Herrig Photoraphy. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
"Originally, this evocative name was connected to a straightforward Scotch highball. (Ms. Taylor, like many who have given their name to a mixed drink, was showfolk—an opera singer, in fact.). The creative combination of Strega and Scotch is not obvious, but it is a great stage effect nonetheless. Ring down the curtain."Serves 1
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: Ingredients
¾ ounce|21 ml ginger syrup
3 dashes mace tincture
3 dashes Boker's Bitters, or Angostura aromatic bitters
¾ ounce|21 ml fresh lime juice
½ ounce|14 ml Liquore Strega
2 ounces|60 ml Great King Street Scotch
1 ½ ounces|43 ml soda water
fresh nutmeg, grated, for garnishDirectionsAdd all the ingredients, except the soda and garnish, to a shaker. Fill with ice and shake. Add the soda to the shaker and strain the mixture into an ice-filled tall glass. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.Excerpt from THE DEAD RABBIT DRINKS MANUAL by Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry. Copyright © 2015 by The Best Bar in the World, LLC. Photography © 2015 by Brent Herrig Photography. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Get recipes like this and more in the Munchies Recipes newsletter. Sign up here.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: Ingredients
¾ ounce|21 ml ginger syrup
3 dashes mace tincture
3 dashes Boker's Bitters, or Angostura aromatic bitters
¾ ounce|21 ml fresh lime juice
½ ounce|14 ml Liquore Strega
2 ounces|60 ml Great King Street Scotch
1 ½ ounces|43 ml soda water
fresh nutmeg, grated, for garnishDirectionsAdd all the ingredients, except the soda and garnish, to a shaker. Fill with ice and shake. Add the soda to the shaker and strain the mixture into an ice-filled tall glass. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.Excerpt from THE DEAD RABBIT DRINKS MANUAL by Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry. Copyright © 2015 by The Best Bar in the World, LLC. Photography © 2015 by Brent Herrig Photography. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Get recipes like this and more in the Munchies Recipes newsletter. Sign up here.